(a): whether number of petrol pumps are being run under the ‘Kisan Sahayak Kendra Scheme’
(Farmer Assistance Centre Scheme) by the Government;
(b): if so, the main features of the said scheme;
(c): the State-wise number of petrol pumps sanctioned under the said scheme till date;
(d): whether merely petrol and diesel are being sold under the said scheme and the farmers are being given no other assistance; and
(e): if so, the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DINSHA PATEL)
(a) to (e): Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs), viz., Indian Oil Corporation
Limited (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum
Corporation Limited (BPCL) are setting up rural retail outlets (such as Kisan Seva
Kendra, Hamara Pump, etc.) all over the country to cater to the needs of farmers,
agriculturists and other consumers of petrol and diesel in the rural areas. This has
been done with the intention of reaching product predominantly diesel, and ensuring
quality at the correct price in far-flung areas to meet the rural agricultural demand.
Apart from petrol and diesel, wherever there is requirements, other items like seeds,
fertilizers, pesticides, implements, etc., are stocked and sold to the agriculturists
from these rural retail outlets. These retail outlets are set up at identified rural
locations having sufficient potential which are economically viable as established by
survey and feasibility studies. State-wise number of rural retail outlets allotted by
OMCs as on 30.09.2007 is given in the Annexure.
Annexure
Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (e) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question
No.809 to be answered on 22.11.2007 regarding Kisan Sahayak Kendra Scheme.
Number of rural retail outlets (Kisan Seva Kendra, Hamara Pump, etc.) allotted by the
OMCs as on 30.09.2007.
S.No. State/Union Territory Number of KSK ROs
States
1 Andhra Prades 284 2 Assam 59 3 Bihar 264 4 Chhattisgarh 125 5 Goa 22 6 Gujarat 214 7 Haryana 231 8 Himachal Pradesh 17 9 Jammu & Kashmir 71 10 Jharkhand 59 11 Karnataka 262 12 Kerala 215 13 Madhya Pradesh 328 14 Maharashtra 544 15 Manipur 9 16 Meghalaya 11 17 Nagaland 4 18 Orissa 166 19 Punjab 601 20 Rajasthan 352 21 Sikkim 2 22 Tripura 3 23 Tamil Nadu 336 24 Uttaranchal 39 25 Uttar Pradesh 601 26 West Bengal 211 27 Pondicherry 17 Total 5047